{"product_id":"9781854592071-cause-clbre","title":"Cause Célèbre","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. In the play, Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. In the play, Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in this edition alongside a major revival of the play at The Old Vic, London, \u003cem\u003eCause Célèbre\u003c\/em\u003e was Rattigan's last play and was still running in the West End at the time of his death in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes, like the other volumes in NHB's uniform edition of Rattigan's plays, with an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan’\u003c\/em\u003e - Michael Billington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606895304801,"sku":"9781854592071","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29615962.jpg?v=1725609728","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854592071-cause-clbre","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}